Life happens and I haven't kept this blog up near as much as I originally aspired to! Oops!

Update:
I met with my boss and I have been approved to work 7am - 1pm. That means I will be able to spend the afternoon/evenings with my daughter and she will only have to be with a babysitter or in a daycare center for a few hours each morning (6am-11am). My husband will look after her from 11am until I get home at 1:30. He will then leave for work and work 2:30pm - 1am. Ideally, I will go back to work pregnant and only have to work 6 months (the minimum to gain full maternity benefits again). This plan is not ideal - I will only see my husband on weekends and both of us will have to make big sacrifices (both financially and time-wise) in order to make this plan work. All this to bring in maybe $500-$800/month. We're tossing around the idea of changing the mortgage to a 30yr term instead of 22yr that we have now so that the monthly payments will be lower - I'm not sure that's a wise idea but I'm not sure what else we can do. This is such an expensive place to live and really the only way to downsize would be to move farther away which would change our commute from 30-45min each way to approx. 1.5hr each way - a bit too much. God will make a way and God will provide.